Gleeful and Sadistic

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Gleeful adjective - Indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor.

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Sadistic and gleeful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sadistic" instead an adjective "Gleeful".

Nearby Words: glee, gleefully

Sadistic adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

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Gleeful and sadistic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gleeful" instead an adjective "Sadistic".

Nearby Words: sadism, sadistically, sadist

Kick the Dog: The first Nod mission is a pretty horrific indicator of exactly how moral your campaign will be, as you wipe out an entire city to gleeful, sadistic commentary from CABAL.

Source: Video Game / Twisted Insurrection
Mirror Universe Phlox in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" where Phlox's role on the ship is still the same, but is now a (still odd and gleeful) sadistic expert of medicinal torture.

Source: Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
It Runs In The Family is about Gideon's sadistic cousin, Cashmere Gleeful, getting revenge on the Pines family for getting Gideon arrested and put in jail.

Source: Dark Fic

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